Turkish army hit village in Syria’s Afrin with suspected gas: Kurdish YPG, Observatory Syrian Kurdish forces and a monitoring group said the Turkish military carried out a suspected gas attack that wounded six people in Syria’s Afrin region on Friday. There was no immediate comment from the Turkish military, which […]
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China’s Hui Muslims fearful Chinese New Year education ban a sign of curbs to come For some in China’s ethnic Hui Muslim minority here, a recent ban on young people engaging in religious education in mosques is an unwelcome interference in how they lead their lives. Their big fear is […]
U.S. and Turkey agree to mend ties; Turks propose joint deployment in Syria The United States and Turkey agreed on Friday to try to rescue a strategic relationship that Washington acknowledged had reached a crisis point, with Turkey proposing a joint deployment in Syria if a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia leaves […]
Russian toll in Syria battle was 300 killed and wounded: sources About 300 men working for a Kremlin-linked Russian private military firm were either killed or injured in Syria last week, according to three sources familiar with the matter. A Russian military doctor said around 100 had been killed, and […]
Cracks widen in Australian coalition as deputy PM calls Turnbull ‘inept’ A major rift opened up in Australia’s fragile ruling coalition on Friday as Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce refused to quit over an affair with a staff member, and derided Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s condemnation of his behavior as […]
Exclusive: Mexico foreign minister heads to Caribbean to win over Venezuelan allies – official Mexico’s foreign minister will travel to Jamaica, Grenada and Saint Lucia in March, a Mexican official said on Thursday, as part of efforts to erode Venezuela’s oil-based influence in the Caribbean. Meanwhile, Cuban diplomats will visit […]
Tillerson meets Turkey’s Erdogan for ‘open’ talks after weeks of strain Top U.S. diplomat Rex Tillerson and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan had a “productive and open” talk on Thursday about improving ties strained recently over their policies on Syria, in a meeting following weeks of escalating anti-American rhetoric from Ankara. Tillerson […]
Ramaphosa elected president of South Africa, vows anti-corruption fight Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as South Africa’s president in a parliamentary vote on Thursday and pledged to tackle endemic corruption after scandal-ridden Jacob Zuma resigned on orders from the ruling African National Congress. The road back to prosperity and self-respect under […]
‘Do you fear me?’: Venezuela’s Maduro vows to gatecrash regional summit Venezuela’s unpopular socialist president Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday his right-wing Latin American counterparts showed intolerance by trying to exclude him from an upcoming summit in Lima – and he vowed to go anyway. “Do you fear me? You […]
Canada to create legal framework to guarantee indigenous rights Canada will create a legal framework to guarantee the rights of indigenous people in all government decisions, doing away with policies built to serve colonial interests, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday. In a sweeping speech that condemned past governments […]
